Classroom tech: The new and the tried-and-true of 2024
It’s 2024! Chalkboards, heavy textbooks, and other analog tools of the past have no place in today’s schools. Over the last few decades, applied technology in the classroom…
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Dexter Community Schools in Michigan Uses Rise Vision to Encourage Student Creativity and Increase Student Engagement
Dexter, Michigan — Dexter Community School, a mid-size school district located in Dexter, Michigan, has implemented Rise Vision’s digital signage ... Read more
4 tips for an effective digital citizenship program
Today, students are not merely digital natives; they are voracious consumers and creators of digital content both in school and out. This increased access has also increased the…
Five Strategies for Teaching Digital Natives
Today’s students have very different expectations for how they’ll learn, and educators have to be thoughtful and deliberate about how ... Read more
How to use social media in the classroom
Today’s educators have a love-hate relationship with social media. They recognize that five-year-olds know how to use tablets better than their parents and that many kids have smartphones…
This is what Gen Z-designed curriculum looks like for the future
The generation in school now is the first generation raised entirely in the Age of Technology. They are digital natives, many of them using computers, smartphones, and other…
Last NSBA technology conference focuses on future of ed tech
Opening Oct. 19 with a flourish of red, white, and blue sails on the main stage, this year’s Technology and Learning (T+L) conference from the National School Boards…
Survey: ‘Digital natives’ need more IT support
A recent survey shows even tech-savvy college students require more campus IT support than you might think.
A look at the technology culture divide
The arrival and rapid dissemination of digital technology in the last decades of the 20th century fundamentally changed our students. Today's students represent the first generation to grow…
CompassLearning bought by private investment firm
Educational software company CompassLearning has been purchased by Marlin Equity Partners, a move that CEO Eric Loeffel said will give the company greater flexibility in a fast-paced market…